Arcanima: Mist of Oblivion - Prologue

Awesome proof of concept, would love to see it fleshed out as a full game! Though please, fix the issue where all shadows have a striped, jagged, flickering effect to them. It hurts the otherwise wonderful art design.

I died 15 times until reaching the end and I couldn't beat the final boss the first time 🥲. I will definitely try again soon. Anyway 😅, I will say that I specifically looked for a game with this kind of combat system. It turned out to be even better and more satisfying than I could have ever expected. I liked the jumping, dashing and attacking enemies that blast you with projectiles and walk/fly away from you. I liked absolutely getting stomped by common enemies and the process of whittling away at their shield bars. Overall, never felt overpowered while playing this game. Well-balanced and challenging especially for people who don't play many action games and prefer to not break their controller in one sitting. If this gets a full-length continuation with a robust story and a handful of bosses, I would totally buy it no question. I want more😋 of this gameplay loop. Don't even need much better graphics than this. Really dig the simple yet stylish 3d art direction. Whoever did the 2d sprites also did fantastic. Played it on toaster settings and still loved the vibrant colors and stylized objects and environments. Also it seems that this game can run on even the more modest mach…

Not a bad game. Has some issues (the combat wasn't really doing it for me) but has some decent action sequences and cool looking characters.

Riddled with progression locking bugs do not buy

At $7, this should be a good time, but since most Prologues are free and have less bugs and better execution, this game has no excuse. Arcanima, you cute, but you ain't THAT cute. Pros: Decent Combat Model. It's doing a Turn Based Meets Action RPG Combat. Good feeling movement with fun traversal. Good Controller Support. Somewhat intriguing premise. Not that original but it's serviceable. It does have voice acting which is a plus. Achievements are here. Cons: Really poor Settings/Customization Options Rough performance that you can't really adjust by the minutia that you'd like to. Voice Acting is here but not the best at times. Other times the sound mixing has you leaning in wondering what someone just said. Also lack of facial animations and mouth movements might be a bit irksome but its an indie project on the cheap so you might be more willing to overlook it. Camera actively hates you and wants you dead. If you dare lock onto an enemy and expect the camera to keep them onscreen, you poor deluded fool. You need to see inside the buildings and ground while the camera spins around and tries to make you throw up. This is very important to the lore. Yet your targeting…

It seems like it should be interesting, but it's constantly on the verge of falling apart. Constant bugs, camera freaks out every time you open the battle menu (which considering its a RTWP action game, is all the time), and softlocks when it hits the big dramatic new-power reveal.